Master of Ceremony

Pam Macdonald

Keynote Speaker

The 21st Century Learning Professional

The convergence of cultural and technological drivers is changing the training landscape. The learning and development skills that have taken us this far
are not enough to carry us into the future.

During these transformational times, learning professionals can meet the needs of 21st-century workforce in new and exciting ways. Simultaneously, learning
officers and managers can support the L&D organization of the future with a strong vision.

In this keynote, Connie will examine the effects that new technologies, increased collaboration, bring your own device and social media are having on the
learning and performance function. She will explore how learning professionals can expand their roles to embrace the new learning ecosystem.

Drawing on stories and examples from forward thinking practitioners, you will your role in a new light. You will leave this session with big ideas for
empowering the 21st century learner so your organization (and your career) can stay ahead of the curve.

Session Highlights:

How changes in culture and technology affect the learning and performance ecosystem.

How current and future workforce members can benefit from new perspectives on learning.

How learning professionals can lead the way to a smarter and more fluid learning culture.

How organizations can support the new learning and performance ecosystem.

Connie Malamed

Collaboration and Communities: Busting the Myths; Building the Culture

An integrated social learning strategy is rapidly becoming the differentiator between an organisation that continuously learns and thrives vis-à-vis one
that fades into oblivion. Therefore, organisations – big and small – are leaning into the power of social and informal learning to stay relevant in
a changing world.

But with all the best intentions in the world, many are stumbling and groping in the dark. Plagued by collaboration platforms that lie dormant after the
initial hype is over, organisations are looking for better ways to integrate communities and social learning into their cultural fabric. What are the
key obstacles and organisational patterns that get in the way of seamless collaboration? Let’s find out!

The session will address the critical issues followed by pointers on what does it take to build a continuously learning organisation. You will also
learn about the paradigm shifts impacting the future of work, and the necessity of building a digital mindset and a culture of collaboration. Finally,
the session will walk you through some of the key patterns and practices to embed learning and collaboration into the fabric of the organisational
culture.

Sahana Chattopadhyay

Sahana Chattopadhyay is the co-founder and Culture Alchemist at Digithos (a mashup of two words: “digital” and “ethos”) and the founder of Proteeti (doing individual-focused work on enabling transformation).

Designing Learning and Performance Ecosystems

For L&D professionals, the days of simply delivering formal training, whether it be via workshops or elearning modules, is no longer enough. Instead,
we are being challenged to acknowledge the crucial role of learning and performance ecosystems that also incorporate digital platforms, tools, processes,
social networks, and collaborative teams.

In this session, Arun will outline the anatomy of such ecosystems before exploring the opportunities they represent. Drawing on case studies, he will identify
common challenges and outline how human-centered design can provide L&D professionals with the mindset and tools to help burst the training bubble
and embrace this brave new world of holistic learning.

Session Highlights

The anatomy of learning and performance ecosystems

The opportunities such ecosystems present

Common challenges and fail points

How to use design thinking and other strategies to overcome these challenges

Arun Pradhan

Preparing Australia’s workforce for the future: vocational education and training will contribute

Advances in technology, global competition and economic disruption are changing what we do, how we do it, and even whether we need to do it, rapidly and
in many sectors. We need to have a vocational education and training system that can keep pace with this – enabling people to gain the right skills
to be flexible, relevant and confident in the workplace.

How are Skills Services Organisations working with business, industry and the training sector to drive this and create great training products that help
Australia to improve productivity and keep its leading place as a globally competitive economy?

Session highlights

The new arrangements within Australia’s training system and the evolving role of VET

Do current qualifications and training need to change to meet the future of work challenges?

Sara Caplan

Presenter

Case Study: From Learning Providers to Performance Focused Business Partners

How do L&D teams become more performance focused and be supported to do so? In this case study Andrew Gerkens will share how Lion is aligning Capability
Teams with business strategy and using performance consulting and partnering approaches to achieve performance outcomes. He will explore the methodologies
and operating rhythm used by Capability Leaders and their stakeholders to drive alignment, accountability, flexibility and execution.

Collaboration tools and a culture of working out loud are critical to the development and effectiveness of his team, so Andrew will also discuss the practical
tools and approaches his team use to share, solve and create together. Finally, he will share some of the considerations driving his team’s future
focus and ability to respond to the emerging needs of the business.

Session Highlights

Evolving the role of Capability Leader to better respond to business needs

Methodologies and tools used to work out loud and drive performance solutions

Governance arrangements to align and support the Capability Team to deliver stakeholder value

Andrew Gerkens

Case Study: The Power of Fun and Games

Thinking about using simulation or gamification in your learning program? Hear how the Winner of the 2016 AITD Excellence Award for Best Use of Gamification/Simulation
for Learning, Elemental Projects and Sydney Water Corporation, approached a learning challenge using game mechanics to drive team building, learning
and change.

The Battle is a four-hour, high-impact, interactive project simulation co-designed and delivered for over 180 Sydney Water Corporation employees as
part of a change management program. Teams were tasked to build a war machine, use drones and compete in an epic battle, while following the project
lifecycle, project methodology and game rules. During this presentation we will discuss the challenges of this project simulation, the application
of gamification design techniques, delivery and measurable impact.

Session Highlights

How gamification can drive engagement, innovation and interaction

The importance of purposeful game design to support business needs

How to embed reflection and soft skill development to unlock greater individual, team, social and cultural benefits

Brendan Hill

Measuring Learning Maturity in Digital and Social Environments

Many organisations and individuals are recognising and promoting the value of digital and online social learning... but how do you measure, evaluate and
promote maturity in these environments? This presentation will outline the Levels of Learning Maturity, define Learner Behaviours and give insights
into tools and techniques to advance Learning Maturity in an organisation or community.

Session Highlights

What is Learning Maturity, what are the levels, and how do we measure it?

Definition of Learner Behaviours related to each level of Learning Maturity, including examples from digital and social environments

Tools and techniques to advance learner behaviours in digital and online social environments

Cheryle Walker

Case Study: Just-in-Time learning through the innovative use of technology

Workstar recently collaborated with Johnson & Johnson Pacific to create a Just-In-Time learning app – Winner of the 2016 AITD Excellence Award
for Best Use of Technology for Learning.

Faced with the challenge of reaching a widely distributed workforce of time-poor pharmacy assistants, J&J wanted a micro-learning solution
that would provide current information on ailments and treatments, could be accessed without special equipment, and would not interrupt engagement
with customers. Workstar created a flexible, mobile app learning solution which can be used by pharmacy assistants on their own devices, and
uses xAPI to tracks learning activities, sales and engagement.

In this informative panel discussion you’ll hear from Workstar’s Learning Designer and Johnson & Johnson Pacific’s Training and Development
Manager about how they approached this project, the challenges they overcame and the results they achieved.

Chris Ross

Mobile Learning Matters

We rarely talk about ‘mobile’ web anymore because mobile use overtook desktop back in 2014.

The reality is that learners expect training to work on mobile devices and if yours doesn’t, then they’re probably looking to other sources. But designing
for the small screen is quite different. Simply taking traditional learning materials and resizing them for mobile is inadequate.

In this short session eLearning strategist David Swaddle will touch on what’s different about mobile from desktop, techniques for designing mobile learning
and how to increase engagement using mobile. David’s tips and techniques will help to drive success for your next mobile learning program.

David Swaddle

Leap in to the future of learning - one design step at a time

Online learning is here to stay. Our research reveals that over 80% of compliance training already happens on-line and other forms of learning are gradually
moving across to virtual and on-line platforms. Designers, program leaders and facilitators need a different mindset and skill set to interact with
the modern learner who wants training delivered to suit their needs.

The philosophy behind how you design learning assets is very different from the days of 'Powerpoint on steroids' and old-style 'clickety click' style formats.
Join this session to gain insights in to how you can re-shape your design processes so that they are suitable for learning via Apps, virtual classroom
delivery, on-boarding of new team members and updates for new products and systems.

Session Highlights

Learn more about what you can do on a practical level to:

Adopt a design thinking outlook so that the learner is at the centre of all you do

Create micro-bite learning assets that can be re-cycled based on choice of platform

Develop content in a cheaper, faster and better way to roll out to your users

Dr Denise Meyerson

Change your game (aka: the good the bad and the playful)

Behavioural Science, Persuasive Technology, Gamification, Behavioural Change. Some of the key concepts in the new digital focus on health and education
are coming straight out of the entertainment and gaming sectors. Games are an area where failing is actually part of the fun, leading to some new ways
of thinking about how this can be used across a range of areas, including mental health and lifestyle changes.

Jennifer will provide a few examples of how games and gamification are being used for these purposes, with a focus on one key app, My Quitbuddy, showing
how the right balance of nudge, nag and failure can generate real success.

Session Highlights

Games and gamification can increase adherence or participation in activities, often simply by making it more fun

Personalisation, nudges, reinforcement, goal setting and playful design are all part of this

Treat gamification with care! It isn’t a panacea or one-size-fits-all!

Jennifer Wilson

Blend with Purpose: Selecting the Right Blended Learning Approach for Your Organisation’s Needs

Both research and practice tells us that blended learning results in a richer experience and greater impact than either online or face-to-face instruction
alone. This is achieved through its ability to simultaneously leverage and minimise the inherent strengths and weaknesses of each modality.

But what is the optimal blend for your organisation’s specific business context, learning culture and capability requirements? How do you ensure you achieve
‘magic in the mix’?

Understanding the three most common blended learning purposes and approaches, including the drivers and considerations of each, is the way to begin answering
these questions to ensure the right blend.

Session Highlights

Understand the different drivers and considerations of three most common blended learning purposes and approaches: enabling blends, enhancing blends
and transforming blends

Explore case studies from large, well known Australian organisations that bring each of these different blends to life

For each blend, identify practical ‘how-to’ ideas and lessons learnt for incorporating a mix of experiential, social and formal learning activities
undertaken in a digital and / or face-to-face environment.

Justine La Roche

"We Want an Academy" - The pursuit of business alignment for L&D success

Standards Australia is a not-for-profit organisation that develops Australian Standards, employing 100 staff members and coordinating 7500 contributors.
The organisation identified a need for a strategic approach to learning and development providing the what, how and why of Standards to everyone involved
in the standards development process. This case study will detail the strategies undertaken to consult on this new venture, align with the organisation’s
strategic goals, gain supporters for the journey, and launch a modern Academy whilst maintaining engagement and positive relationships with stakeholders.
All of this started with a blank page and was delivered on a shoestring without compromising business and user requirements.

Kate Fraser

Case Study - Power of Fun and Games

Thinking about using simulation or gamification in your learning program? Hear how the Winner of the 2016 AITD Excellence Award for Best Use of Gamification/Simulation
for Learning, Elemental Projects and Sydney Water Corporation, approached a learning challenge using game mechanics to drive team building, learning
and change.

The Battle is a four-hour, high-impact, interactive project simulation co-designed and delivered for over 180 Sydney Water Corporation employees as part
of a change management program. Teams were tasked to build a war machine, use drones and compete in an epic battle, while following the project lifecycle,
project methodology and game rules. During this presentation we will discuss the challenges of this project simulation, the application of gamification
design techniques, delivery and measurable impact.

Session Highlights

How gamification can drive engagement, innovation and interaction

The importance of purposeful game design to support business needs

How to embed reflection and soft skill development to unlock greater individual, team, social and cultural benefits

Matthew Mason

Do you even know why you are running Digital Events?

It’s a common scenario, we hear a buzzword such as webinar and decide to launch into a series because, put simply, we know they work. However,
increased competition and an ever-growing need to satisfy our audiences with new and innovative ways of engaging, means that we can sometimes fall
into the trap of focussing on the delivery component only. In this presentation Michael will discuss the importance of:

The WHY: Understanding your Digital Event Goals and how they fit into the bigger picture

The ROI: What is your measurement of success and what reporting do you need?

The HOW: How to create a digital series, nurture your community and create online Call To Actions

This session is perfect for those looking launch a Digital Events Program or enhance their current webinar strategy.

Michael Bunker

Your CPD

Learning and Development professionals can be so busy designing and running Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for everyone else that their own
development can get neglected. It's important that we don't just organise CPD, but also model and inspire it.

You will learn a straightforward model with key areas for designing purposeful, comprehensive professional development plans – plans that will strengthen
your skills and knowledge for your role, your industry, your profession and your career.

Neil Von Heupt

Negotiating L&D Initiatives

Getting engagement and buy-in to learning and development from within the business is critical to the success of initiatives. This presentation looks at
proven theories to understand stakeholder needs and present a compelling case to get engagement and develop solutions that will work.

Session Highlights

Understand how to pitch your ideas in a way that will get buy-in

Understand the four sources of influence

Understand how to strategically manage stakeholders within a planned negotiating strategy

Nicole Davidson

Case Study: Leveraging Adaptive Learning Technology

Need to deliver cost-effective personalised learning at scale, across functions and regions? In this case study from ANZ Banking Group and Smart Sparrow,
you will learn the secret to designing mandatory online training programs that employees actually want to complete.

ANZ delivered a more effective and relevant operational risk module to its global workforce by taking employees on a gamified journey through outer
space, where they learn about operational risk via personalised learning pathways with instant feedback tailored to their experience, knowledge
and performance.

The module received worldwide recognition for its innovative learning design and pedagogical approach to workplace learning, winning Gold in the
2016 LearnX Impact Awards, Highly Commended in the 2016 AITD Excellence Awards, and Gold in the Brandon Hall Awards 2016.

Session Highlights

Discuss challenges to current online learning and development approaches and how edtech can enhance the learning experience

Explore Learning Design best practices and key course design features that make learning relevant, interactive and impactful

Review Module Impact: how it is used, how it is perceived and how employees are performing

Siva Navaratnam

Case Study: Just-in-Time learning through the innovative use of technology

Workstar recently collaborated with Johnson & Johnson Pacific to create a Just-In-Time learning app – Winner of the 2016 AITD Excellence Award for
Best Use of Technology for Learning.

Faced with the challenge of reaching a widely distributed workforce of time-poor pharmacy assistants, J&J wanted a micro-learning solution that would
provide current information on ailments and treatments, could be accessed without special equipment, and would not interrupt engagement with customers.
Workstar created a flexible, mobile app learning solution which can be used by pharmacy assistants on their own devices, and uses xAPI to tracks learning
activities, sales and engagement.

In this informative panel discussion you’ll hear from Workstar’s Learning Designer and Johnson & Johnson Pacific’s Training and Development Manager
about how they approached this project, the challenges they overcame and the results they achieved.

Tracy Chanoff

Case Study: Leveraging Adaptive Learning Technology

Need to deliver cost-effective personalised learning at scale, across functions and regions? In this case study from ANZ Banking Group and Smart Sparrow,
you will learn the secret to designing mandatory online training programs that employees actually want to complete.

ANZ delivered a more effective and relevant operational risk module to its global workforce by taking employees on a gamified journey through outer space,
where they learn about operational risk via personalised learning pathways with instant feedback tailored to their experience, knowledge and performance.

The module received worldwide recognition for its innovative learning design and pedagogical approach to workplace learning, winning Gold in the 2016
LearnX Impact Awards, Highly Commended in the 2016 AITD Excellence Awards, and Gold in the Brandon Hall Awards 2016.

Session Highlights

Discuss challenges to current online learning and development approaches and how edtech can enhance the learning experience

Explore Learning Design best practices and key course design features that make learning relevant, interactive and impactful

Review Module Impact: how it is used, how it is perceived and how employees are performing

Zack Belinson

How to eat 100 Elephants

Implementing a robust Learning Technology platform which supports your organisational needs can seem a daunting task, especially as the menu of options
can be overwhelming. Alexander Roche explains how you can make this process far more digestible; including staging in features and initiatives such
as capability frameworks, integrations with other business systems, learning planning and performance management: Eating a hundred Learning Technology
elephants requires a recipe for success.

Session Highlights:

How to plan for Learning Technology Implementations

Prioritise your business objectives in alignment with technology innovation

Alexander Roche

Event program

Keynote: The 21st Century Learning Professional

The convergence of cultural and technological drivers is changing the training landscape. The learning and development skills that have taken us this far are not enough to carry us into the future.

During these transformational times, learning professionals can meet the needs of 21st-century workforce in new and exciting ways. Simultaneously,
learning officers and managers can support the L&D organization of the future with a strong vision.

In this keynote, Connie will examine the effects that new technologies, increased collaboration, bring your own device and social media are having
on the learning and performance function. She will explore how learning professionals can expand their roles to embrace the new learning ecosystem.

Drawing on stories and examples from forward thinking practitioners, you will your role in a new light. You will leave this session with big ideas
for empowering the 21st century learner so your organization (and your career) can stay ahead of the curve.

Session Highlights:

How changes in culture and technology affect the learning and performance ecosystem.

How current and future workforce members can benefit from new perspectives on learning.

How learning professionals can lead the way to a smarter and more fluid learning culture.

How organizations can support the new learning and performance ecosystem.

Matthew Mason

Blend with Purpose: Selecting the Right Blended Learning Approach for Your Organisation’s Needs

Both research and practice tells us that blended learning results in a richer experience and greater impact than either online or face-to-face instruction alone. This is achieved through its ability to simultaneously leverage and minimise the inherent strengths and weaknesses of each modality.

But what is the optimal blend for your organisation’s specific business context, learning culture and capability requirements? How do you ensure you
achieve ‘magic in the mix’?

Understanding the three most common blended learning purposes and approaches, including the drivers and considerations of each, is the way to begin
answering these questions to ensure the right blend.

Session Highlights

Understand the different drivers and considerations of three most common blended learning purposes and approaches: enabling blends, enhancing blends
and transforming blends

Explore case studies from large, well known Australian organisations that bring each of these different blends to life

For each blend, identify practical ‘how-to’ ideas and lessons learnt for incorporating a mix of experiential, social and formal learning activities
undertaken in a digital and / or face-to-face environment.

Justine La Roche

Change your game (aka: the good the bad and the playful)

Behavioural Science, Persuasive Technology, Gamification, Behavioural Change. Some of the key concepts in the new digital focus on health and education are coming straight out of the entertainment and gaming sectors.

Games are an area where failing is actually part of the fun, leading to some new ways of thinking about how this can be used across a range of areas,
including mental health and lifestyle changes.

Jennifer will provide a few examples of how games and gamification are being used for these purposes, with a focus on one key app, My Quitbuddy, showing
how the right balance of nudge, nag and failure can generate real success.

Session Highlights

Games and gamification can increase adherence or participation in activities, often simply by making it more fun

Personalisation, nudges, reinforcement, goal setting and playful design are all part of this

Treat gamification with care! It isn’t a panacea or one-size-fits-all!

Jennifer Wilson

Keynote: Collaboration and Communities: Busting the Myths; Building the Culture

An integrated social learning strategy is rapidly becoming the differentiator between an organisation that continuously learns and thrives vis-à-vis one that fades into oblivion. Therefore, organisations – big and small – are leaning into the power of social and informal learning to stay relevant in a changing world.

But with all the best intentions in the world, many are stumbling and groping in the dark. Plagued by collaboration platforms that lie dormant after the
initial hype is over, organisations are looking for better ways to integrate communities and social learning into their cultural fabric. What are the
key obstacles and organisational patterns that get in the way of seamless collaboration? Let’s find out!

The session will address the critical issues followed by pointers on what does it take to build a continuously learning organisation. You will also learn
about the paradigm shifts impacting the future of work, and the necessity of building a digital mindset and a culture of collaboration. Finally, the
session will walk you through some of the key patterns and practices to embed learning and collaboration into the fabric of the organisational culture.

Sahana Chattopadhyay

Sahana Chattopadhyay is the co-founder and Culture Alchemist at Digithos (a mashup of two words: “digital” and “ethos”) and the founder of Proteeti (doing individual-focused work on enabling transformation).

Keynote: Designing Learning and Performance Ecosystems

For L&D professionals, the days of simply delivering formal training, whether it be via workshops or elearning modules, is no longer enough. Instead, we are being challenged to acknowledge the crucial role of learning and performance ecosystems that also incorporate digital platforms, tools, processes, social networks, and collaborative teams.

In this session, Arun will outline the anatomy of such ecosystems before exploring the opportunities they represent. Drawing on case studies, he will identify
common challenges and outline how human-centered design can provide L&D professionals with the mindset and tools to help burst the training bubble
and embrace this brave new world of holistic learning. Session Highlights The anatomy of learning and performance ecosystems The opportunities such ecosystems
present Common challenges and fail points How to use design thinking and other strategies to overcome these challenges

Arun Pradhan

Do you even know why you are running Digital Events?

It’s a common scenario, we hear a buzzword such as webinar and decide to launch into a series because, put simply, we know they work.

However, increased competition and an ever-growing need to satisfy our audiences with new and innovative ways of engaging, means that we can sometimes
fall into the trap of focussing on the delivery component only. In this presentation Michael will discuss the importance of:

The WHY: Understanding your Digital Event Goals and how they fit into the bigger picture

The ROI: What is your measurement of success and what reporting do you need?

The HOW: How to create a digital series, nurture your community and create online Call To Actions

This session is perfect for those looking launch a Digital Events Program or enhance their current webinar strategy.

Michael Bunker

Experience: Design Thinking for Learning Innovation

This hands on workshop will provide a first hand experience of how design thinking, and taking a human centered approach to performance challenges, can help create innovative solutions. Rather than talking about it, participants will be supported to co-design a solution for their fellow L&D professionals.

In doing so, Arun Pradhan will guide participants through a step by step design thinking process he has implemented successfully with major Australian
banks, insurance companies, and government organisations.

The process will include using card sorts to theme data, generating personas based on clear insights, establishing performance gap analysis with action
mapping, and creating 'how might we' statements as the basis for ideation and innovation.

Arun Pradhan

Case Study: From Learning Providers to Performance Focused Business Partners

How do L&D teams become more performance focused and be supported to do so?

In this case study Andrew Gerkens will share how Lion is aligning Capability Teams with business strategy and using performance consulting and partnering
approaches to achieve performance outcomes. He will explore the methodologies and operating rhythm used by Capability Leaders and their stakeholders
to drive alignment, accountability, flexibility and execution.

Collaboration tools and a culture of working out loud are critical to the development and effectiveness of his team, so Andrew will also discuss the
practical tools and approaches his team use to share, solve and create together. Finally, he will share some of the considerations driving his
team’s future focus and ability to respond to the emerging needs of the business.

Session Highlights

Evolving the role of Capability Leader to better respond to business needs

Methodologies and tools used to work out loud and drive performance solutions

Governance arrangements to align and support the Capability Team to deliver stakeholder value

Andrew Gerkens

Case Study: Just-in-Time learning through the innovative use of technology

Workstar recently collaborated with Johnson & Johnson Pacific to create a Just-In-Time learning app – Winner of the 2016 AITD Excellence Award for Best Use of Technology for Learning.

Faced with the challenge of reaching a widely distributed workforce of time-poor pharmacy assistants, J&J wanted a micro-learning solution that would
provide current information on ailments and treatments, could be accessed without special equipment, and would not interrupt engagement with customers.
Workstar created a flexible, mobile app learning solution which can be used by pharmacy assistants on their own devices, and uses xAPI to tracks learning
activities, sales and engagement.

In this informative panel discussion you’ll hear from Workstar’s Learning Designer and Johnson & Johnson Pacific’s Training and Development Manager
about how they approached this project, the challenges they overcame and the results they achieved.

Sue Fell

Tracy Chanoff

Leap in to the future of learning - one design step at a time

Online learning is here to stay. Our research reveals that over 80% of compliance training already happens on-line and other forms of learning are gradually moving across to virtual and on-line platforms.

Designers, program leaders and facilitators need a different mindset and skill set to interact with the modern learner who wants training delivered to
suit their needs.

The philosophy behind how you design learning assets is very different from the days of 'Powerpoint on steroids' and old-style 'clickety click' style formats.
Join this session to gain insights in to how you can re-shape your design processes so that they are suitable for learning via Apps, virtual classroom
delivery, on-boarding of new team members and updates for new products and systems.

Session Highlights

Learn more about what you can do on a practical level to:

Adopt a design thinking outlook so that the learner is at the centre of all you do

Create micro-bite learning assets that can be re-cycled based on choice of platform

Develop content in a cheaper, faster and better way to roll out to your users

Dr Denise Meyerson

Case Study: Leveraging Adaptive Learning Technology

Need to deliver cost-effective personalised learning at scale, across functions and regions? In this case study from ANZ Banking Group and Smart Sparrow, you will learn the secret to designing mandatory online training programs that employees actually want to complete.

ANZ delivered a more effective and relevant operational risk module to its global workforce by taking employees on a gamified journey through outer space,
where they learn about operational risk via personalised learning pathways with instant feedback tailored to their experience, knowledge and performance.

The module received worldwide recognition for its innovative learning design and pedagogical approach to workplace learning, winning Gold in the 2016
LearnX Impact Awards, Highly Commended in the 2016 AITD Excellence Awards, and Gold in the Brandon Hall Awards 2016.

Session Highlights

Discuss challenges to current online learning and development approaches and how edtech can enhance the learning experience

Explore Learning Design best practices and key course design features that make learning relevant, interactive and impactful

Review Module Impact: how it is used, how it is perceived and how employees are performing

Nicole Davidson

Case Study: The Power of Fun and Games

Thinking about using simulation or gamification in your learning program? Hear how the Winner of the 2016 AITD Excellence Award for Best Use of Gamification/Simulation for Learning, Elemental Projects and Sydney Water Corporation, approached a learning challenge using game mechanics to drive team building, learning and change.

The Battle is a four-hour, high-impact, interactive project simulation co-designed and delivered for over 180 Sydney Water Corporation employees as part
of a change management program. Teams were tasked to build a war machine, use drones and compete in an epic battle, while following the project lifecycle,
project methodology and game rules. During this presentation we will discuss the challenges of this project simulation, the application of gamification
design techniques, delivery and measurable impact.

Session Highlights

How gamification can drive engagement, innovation and interaction

The importance of purposeful game design to support business needs

How to embed reflection and soft skill development to unlock greater individual, team, social and cultural benefits

Kestrel Stone

Preparing Australia’s workforce for the future: vocational education and training will contribute

Advances in technology, global competition and economic disruption are changing what we do, how we do it, and even whether we need to do it, rapidly and in many sectors.

We need to have a vocational education and training system that can keep pace with this – enabling people to gain the right skills to be flexible, relevant
and confident in the workplace.

How are Skills Services Organisations working with business, industry and the training sector to drive this and create great training products that help
Australia to improve productivity and keep its leading place as a globally competitive economy?

Session highlights

The new arrangements within Australia’s training system and the evolving role of VET

Do current qualifications and training need to change to meet the future of work challenges?

Sara Caplan

"We Want an Academy" - The pursuit of business alignment for L&D success

Standards Australia is a not-for-profit organisation that develops Australian Standards, employing 100 staff members and coordinating 7500 contributors.

The organisation identified a need for a strategic approach to learning and development providing the what, how and why of Standards to everyone involved
in the standards development process. This case study will detail the strategies undertaken to consult on this new venture, align with the organisation’s
strategic goals, gain supporters for the journey, and launch a modern Academy whilst maintaining engagement and positive relationships with stakeholders.
All of this started with a blank page and was delivered on a shoestring without compromising business and user requirements.

Kate Fraser

Your CPD

Learning and Development professionals can be so busy designing and running Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for everyone else that their own development can get neglected. It's important that we don't just organise CPD, but also model and inspire it.

You will learn a straightforward model with key areas for designing purposeful, comprehensive professional development plans – plans that will strengthen
your skills and knowledge for your role, your industry, your profession and your career.

Neil Von Heupt

AITD Update

AITD continues to evolve to meet the changing needs of members and the changing learning and organisational development profession.

The past few years have seen AITD focus on broadening member benefits, expanding AITD's professional development program, implementing digital badges,
modernising Training and Development magazine and many other improvements.

Hear from AITD's Chief Executive Officer about some of the things we are working on for 2017.

Elizabeth Robinson

Experience: Show and Tell your favourite new tools

Have you discovered a great new tool, app or website for learning?

From polling apps to enterprise social networks to virtual chatrooms and whiteboards, come along and hear the latest tools being used by your peers. Got
something to share? If you have a favourite new tool to demonstrate to your peers, register your interest in presenting by emailing learn@aitd.com.au
. Limited presentation spots available.

Ryan Tracey

The Future of L&D

What next for L&D? At the conclusion of the AITD2017 Conference, we will reflect on how far we've come and where we are going as a profession. This panel will explore the main themes of the conference and answer questions that arise.

Connie Malamed

Sahana Chattopadhyay

Sahana Chattopadhyay is the co-founder and Culture Alchemist at Digithos (a mashup of two words: “digital” and “ethos”) and the founder of Proteeti (doing individual-focused work on enabling transformation).

Ryan Tracey

Experience: Facilitation for Engagement and Innovation

As L&D practitioners we are often called on to facilitate management and executive meeting for a whole lot of reasons: to influence teams to adopt changes, to navigate some ‘sticky’ situations or to generate innovative solutions.

The focus of this session is to provide you with an exciting set of useful tools and techniques on how to facilitate interactive meetings and workshops
to a range of different audiences. Join us to learn more about using imaginative ways to bring content to life and to increase participation and engagement.

Dr Denise Meyerson

Pre-Event Workshops

Visual Design for eLearning and Slides

eLearning and training slides are visual mediums, yet most learning designers have not been trained in the principles of visual design.

Effective graphics are essential to learning success, yet many practitioners find visual design to be challenging and frustrating. Furthermore, many learning
designers falsely believe that they can not improve their skills because they are not artists.

In this hands-on workshop, you will see that everyone can improve their visual design skills. Drawing is not a requirement. This full-day course explores
the components of visual design (graphic space, images, and typography) and the foundation principles of graphic design.Using PowerPoint as your graphic
editor, you will practice by applying design principles to eLearning templates and graphics.

You will also consider ways to optimize graphics to promote learning. You will leave this workshop able to design with intention, rather than making random
or haphazard design choices.

Session Highlights

In this session, you will learn:
• How to make intentional design choices that make your visuals appealing and effective
• How to create graphics that meet your needs through layout, imagery, and typography
• The foundation principles of visual design that have the most impact
• How to transform bullet points into visuals
• How to explain the rationale behind your design choices

Connie Malamed

Converting F2F Training to the Virtual Classroom

This workshop is for facilitators, designers and learning strategists to understand the optimal use of Virtual Classrooms in a blended learning mix. It’s purpose is to provide a researched rationale for converting F2F training to a fully interactive and agile Virtual Classroom environment.

Are you considering converting your face to face training to a virtual learning?

If you are looking to an online or blended learning solution but aren't sure where to start, this full day workshop will help you to understand the benefits
of virtual classrooms. Topics include:

Why convert to a virtual classroom

How and where to start

Critical design considerations

Formulas for conversion

Spend a day with Digital and Future Learning Strategist Cheryle Walker and come away with practical tips, tools and strategies to move your training to
the virtual classroom.

Learning Outcomes

Participants in this full day workshop will be able to:

Understand the use of the Virtual Classroom in the context of blended learning programs